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People hold banners and wreaths and chant slogans in a protest to mark the ten-year anniversary of the Rana Plaza factory collapse in Bangladesh. More than 1,130 people died in the catastrophe, spotlighting the global fashion industry's reliance on developing world labour working in dangerous and sometimes deadly conditions. IMAGES
A crowd consisting of mostly Taliban militants attend a spontaneous rally at Kabul's Shah Massoud square as the hardline Islamists marked the first anniversary of their return to power in the country with a national holiday. Exactly a year ago, the hardline Islamists captured Kabul after their nationwide lightning offensive against government forces ended 20 years of US-led military intervention. IMAGES
Hundreds of Lebanese took to the streets of Beirut to mark the first anniversary of a non-sectarian protest movement that has rocked the political elite but has yet to achieve its goal of sweeping reform in the crisis-hit country. IMAGES
Amritsar, Jun 6 (EFE/EPA).- Members of a Sikh nationalist group on Saturday marked the anniversary of a controversial 1984 Indian military offensive in the northern state of Punjab.Sikhs in the northwest Indian state marked the 36th anniversary of the military offensive, codenamed Operation Blue Star, with prayers and religious readings.However, a very limited gathering was allowed inside the Golden Temple premises due to the coronavirus Covid-19 alert precautions and lockdown during the special prayers to mark the occasion. The operation, during which the Indian security forces had stormed the Golden Temple complex and flushed out heavily-armed militants, lasted for almost a week, between Jun. 3 and Jun. 8, an epa-efe journalist reported.The operation also saw the death of Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, a Sikh separatist leader, who had initiated a movement to create a separate Sikh state called Khalistan. (Camera: RAMINDER PAL SINGH).SHOT LIST: MEMBERS OF THE RADICAL SIKH ORGANIZATION, SHIROMANI AKALI DAL (AMRITSAR), MARK THE 36TH ANNIVERSARY OF OPERATION BLUE STAR AT THE GOLDEN TEMPLE PREMISES, THE HOLIEST OF SIKH PLACES, IN AMRITSAR, INDIA.
One year after two earthquakes devastated large swathes of Nepal, killing over 9,000 people and damaging nearly a million homes, the Himalayan nation is still struggling to restore its battered economy, rebuild famed monuments and revive its much-needed tourism industry. Nathan Frandino reports.
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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